Sub-Genre- Vampire
Cast Members of Note- Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, and Michael Sheen. And a 3 second cameo by everyone's favorite death dealer...
The third installment in the
Underworld saga is a story about inter-species erotica, and asks the question: can a
Lycan and a
Vampire find true love? Well, the answer is no, because
Vampires are pretty much stuck up and pricky, and willing to kill even their own kids to keep their bloodline "pure." Remind you of anything? Oh I don't know,
Nazi's maybe?!?!?!
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| She likes it "wolfie style." Shush, it's all I could come up with. |
We know the story from the first movie; wolf-boy loves vampire girl, vampire girl's elder dad forbids such "ethnically diverse" scrumping, wolf-boy gets locked up in chains, vampire girl tries to set him free, but dad puts a stop to that by grounding her... yes, even in vampire circles kids get grounded. Parents just don't understand.
I won't spoil the ending for you here, though if you've seen the first movie you know what's coming, but suffice it to say that
Vampire/Lycan carnage ensues, and no one gets laid.
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| "I'm glad your mother isn't alive to see this! Now, go to your room!" |
I really should learn not to listen to
Critics so much (irony), because I put off seeing this movie because of poor reviews... and boy did I miss out. This was a fun, bloody and interesting addition to the
Underworld series, and for my money, it's far better than
Underworld 2.
I thought that the absence of
Kate Beckinsale would ultimately hurt a third movie, but
Rhona Mitra made me forget there ever was a
Selene... She's hot, bad-ass, hot, sexy, and hot. And bad-ass. Go watch
Doomsday if you doubt her bad-assery... The girl kicks ass. And she's hot.
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| She would totally kick your ass. |
Bill Nighy is a hell of an actor, and he's great here as always, but it's
Michael Sheen that steals the show in this one; the guy is just solid, as evidenced by the success of
Frost/Nixon. I guess overall what I'm saying is that with good actors, hot chicks, and
Vampires and
Werewolves, you can't really go too wrong.
Some of the
CGI was kinda cheesy, and I'm talking about the scenes where the wolves were running. It's a minor thing really, but it drives me nuts. Then again I hate
CGI in
Horror films, so maybe I'm biased...
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| "You're biased, human!" |
If you've seen the first two movies then you pretty much know what happens here, which doesn't allow for much tension or mystery. It is cool to see how it comes together, but we already know the ending. Kinda like
Titanic...
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| Titanic didn't have crossbows though. |
A ton of
Vamp vs. Lycan carnage; severed limbs, bodies split in half, gashes, cuts, wounds... add to that plenty of mauling, burning, whipping and sword violence, and you'll have a bloody good time with
U3.
Some side boob and near nudity, but nothing more.
"...and we don't die often." or "I'll kill you. All of you!"
Vampire elders tend to be dicks. Also, female Vampires are always hot.
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| Dick (left) vs. Hot (right) |
Yes, I really did like this movie. It was light, action packed, bloody, and interesting. My slight issue with some of the
CGI aside, I say go catch this one in
Theaters if you can, although I'm sure the
DVD will be cool too. Either way, if you like the series, you'll like this one as well.
B+
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is available now on
Blu-ray,
DVD.
Rhona Mitra is so smoking hot that the
Surgeon General has her on a watch list. True story.
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The first one was the best of the series but this one was way way better than the second one. And I learned not to listen to critics after I saw this movie. An A- for me.
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